Peter Gotti, former boss of the Gambino crime family in New York from 1999 to 2002 has died in prison, after spending 17 years for racketeering and other charges..
He was sentenced to 25 years in jail after being convicted in 2003.
According to the Associated Press, he died of natural...
Convicted Nigerian fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke has been barred from taking up jobs that can grant him access to money or bank accounts.
Upon completing his 10 year jail term in the U.S, the Nigerian entrepreneur who featured on a Forbes cover is also barred from holding posts involving investments.
In addition to presenting himself...
A Nigerian man who is allegedly part of an international criminal network in which women are befriended on Facebook and promised lavish gifts and jewellery, was on Wednesday, February 24, slapped with an additional 11 fraud-related charges.
The suspect identified as Uche Raymond Okoye, also known as Uche Parker, of Lot 6 Delph Street, Campbellville,...
A 51-year-old Nigerian drug kingpin, Frank Onyeka Nwaru has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in South Africa.
Nwaru was convicted for dealing in drugs on Wednesday, February 2021, at the Stilfontein Regional Court following his arrest on 21 May 2018.
The accused was arrested by the Hawks’ South African Narcotics Enforcement...
US authorities have listed ways it will recover $10.7 million ordered to be restituted by the convict, Obinwanne Okeke.
Recall that on February 16, Okeke was sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Eastern District Court of Virginia following his guilty plea to multi-year wire fraud in June last year....
The wife of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.
Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was taken into custody on Monday, February 22, at Dulles International Airport. She is scheduled to make her appearance in federal court soon in the U.S. District Court...
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have slaughtered five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state.
It was gathered that the insurgents attacked the IDPs when they went in search of firewood outside Damboa town on Thursday, February 18.
A vigilante, Abu Damboa, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said eight IDPs...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has linked Instagram celebrity, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, to North Korean hackers said to be the biggest bank robbers in the world.
The Justice Department in a detailed statement released on Friday, February 19, alleged that Hushpuppi took part in a “North Korean-perpetrated cyber-enabled heist from...
Three brothers have been declared wanted alongside 13 others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria for various fraud related cases.
The brothers, Lasisi Ridwan Adeniyi, Lasisi Sodiq Fahm and Lasisi Wasiu Adeleke are wanted in a case of obtaining by false pretence.
According to EFCC, the...
Nigerians are reacting to the news of Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi, who has just been sentenced to a 10-year jail term by a Virginia Court in the United States for internet fraud.
He was sentenced on Tuesday evening, February 16, after being found guilty of causing approximately...
Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus, will be sentenced today February 15 by a Virginia Court in the United States after pleading guilty to two charges of Internet fraud in the US that caused $11m losses to his victims.
The fraudster who was once listed on the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30, was nabbed...
Convicted Nigerian fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke will be undergoing treatment for ‘fraud mentality and drug abuse’.
A judge of an Eastern District court of Virginia, Rebecca Smith had ordered that the Nigerian man who was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 category for his business exploits and wealth, be incarcerated in a medical facility...
A woman was stabbed to death by her jealous ex-boyfriend after he saw her on a Tinder date with another man, a court heard
Cruise line worker, Cristina Ortiz-Lozano was killed in a 'frenzied' attack after being followed home by ex-lover Abdelaziz El Yechioui Ourzat, prosecutors said.
A jury was told...
Police team from Pimpri Chinchwad Police Social Security Cell (SSC) in Maharashtra’s Pune have busted a massive sex racket and rescued 12 Nigerian girls forced into prostitution.
Four Nigerian women were arrested during the raid conducted on Tuesday night, February 2, for allegedly running the prostitution racket.
Police Commissioner Krishna Prakash said they had received information about...
American rapper, Silento, known for his hit song and viral dance craze “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of his cousin.
The Atlanta-born star, whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, 23, was arrested Monday after DeKalb police investigated the recent...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, have arrested two Kano based suspects, Ibrahim Muazzam Mohammad Aminu and Mohammad Tahir Umar, for engaging in international child pornography.
Force spokesperson, CP Frank Mba, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said investigations revealed that the suspects are...
A Brazilian sex worker who swallowed 1.2 kilos of cocaine to smuggle it into the UK has been jailed for more than four years.
Luan Irving Dos Santos Monteiro, 31, was reportedly stopped by border agents at Heathrow airport on Christmas Eve last year as he flew into Britain from...
A married teacher has been found guilty of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Kandice Barber, 35, of Wendover, Buckinghamshire, was tried for a second time over allegations she had sex with a 15-year-old boy in a field while she was working as a school cover...
A fugitive Nigerian drug dealer who skipped bail and fled South Africa more than three years ago after failing to appear in court has been rearrested while trying to re-enter the country on a flight from Nigeria.
Okonkwo Kingsley Nwabuike, 46, was rearrested at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International airport on Thursday, January 21, by...
A 29-year- old man, Naseem Ahmed, who allegedly killed his girlfried and their child in South Africa was arrested on Thursday, January 21.
Chantelle Ester Ash and their 9-month-old daughter, Tasneem Isha Ash were found strangled at a lodge in R518 road between Mokopane and Marken road in Masodi village, on the 14th...
An 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and impregnated by her grandfather, has died after suffering from severe morning sickness in Thailand.
According to Nation Thailand, the girl died in her mother's arm on Friday, January 15. The funeral was held at her house in Sahatsakhan district of Kalasin province after...
Police are hunting for a female assassin who gunned down a former Mexican governor inside a restaurant's bathroom.
Authorities in Mexico have released surveillance camera images of the woman wanted for executing former governor of Jalisco and ex Institutional Revolutionary Party member Aristoteles Sandoval, 46, in a restaurant on December...
An alleged Nigerian drug dealer was shot dead during a buy-bust operation at a hotel in Bagong Ilog in Pasig City, the Phillippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG) said on Tuesday, January
The Nigerian identified as Emmanuel Christopher Chukwuma, a resident of Angeles City in Pampanga, was killed because he allegedly...
A man who murdered his partner by strangling her before slashing her throat has been jailed for life and ordered to spend at least 18 years behind bars.
36-year-old Daryll Paterson committed the brutal attack on former dental nurse Louise Aitchison at the home they shared in Park Terrace, East Kilbride,...
Lisa Montgomery, the only female inmate on federal death row in the US, has been executed for murder.
The 52-year-old was pronounced dead at 1.31 am EST on Wednesday at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana in what could be the final federal execution under President Donald Trump.
She was...
A mother has been accused of stabbing her newborn son to death with a pair of nail scissors before throwing the body into a trash can.
Mother-of-three Anastasia Skorychenko has been sentenced to two years in jail for allegedly stabbing her newborn 22 times, just moments after delivering him on...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 10 persons for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
The suspects are: Jonathan Daniel Adebayo, Lawal Waidi Seun, Adeosun Joseph, Taiwo Gbemileke, Oseni Omotayo, Emmanuel Fakiyesi, Rasheed Ogunlana, Oladunni Segun, Sowunmi Rotimi, and Efetobore Prince Wilfred.
They...
A Nigerian man and his Indian wife have been in arrested for allegedly duping a 28-year-old school teacher of nearly Rs 37 lakh (N19,217,395) after befriending her on a matrimonial site, Jamnagar police said on Friday, January 8.
The accused identified simply as John faked his identity and offered to marry...
A court in Istanbul on Monday January 11, handed Adnan Oktar, the head of a cult considered a criminal organization by prosecutors, hefty prison terms for 10 separate crimes.
The 64-year-old Oktar and dozens of his followers were arrested simultaneously during nationwide raids in 2018.
Oktar, whose online A9 television channel...
A 27-year-old Nigerian drug kingpin identified as Chukuda Onyabu and his 26-year-old Ghanaian counterpart Emmanuel Osei who were remanded in Abokobi Police Cells near Adenta in the Greater Accra Region, have reportedly escaped from prison.
The suspects who are facing charges of possession of narcotic drugs and conspiracy to commit...
Police are on the hunt for a fraudster claiming to work for the NHS after he injected a 92-year-old woman with a fake Covid-19 vaccine.
The City of London police said the victim, a resident of Surbiton, south-west London, had allowed the man into her home on 30 December after...
A mother who raped her son's friend at a sleepover has been jailed for ten years
Court records show that Su Hyon Dillon, 46, was sentenced to 10 years to life earlier this month after she pleaded guilty to first-degree child rape and second-degree child rape last month, The News Tribune reports.
The...
An Ethiopian migrant, Agitu Ideo Gudeta was raped and murdered by a Ghanaian employee on her farm where she raised goats for her cheese business, police said on Wednesday, December 30.
The suspect, Adams Suleimani, 32, who works on Gudeta's farm in the northern Italian region of Trentino, has admitted to killing Gudeta, 42,...
A special-education teacher from Oklahoma has been charged with second-degree rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student.
Andee Lantz ,26, was working at Carnegie Public Schools in Oklahoma when she allegedly began a relationship with a 16-year-old student. She later resigned in mid-November amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
According to court...
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a major crackdown on Tuesday, arrested two African nationals, Ramla Shedafa Nancy and Emmanuel Michael, in Bengaluru on charges of drug peddling.
The passports recovered from the duo say they are from Kenya, however, the Bureau, which has busted several drug rackets in the state in...
A British airline pilot who "crushed the brains" of his baby daughter was jailed for 20 years today, Dec 22.
Mohamed Barakat, 42, was jailed after being found guilty of murdering his daughter while intoxicated by drink and drugs at a luxury hotel in Kazakhstan.
The airbus captain fractured the skull of one-year-old...
A toddler was allegedly strangled to death and thrown in an oven by his grandparents after he "cried too much" while they were babysitting.
Parents Maria, 20, and Dmitry, 25, returned home in the Kuybyshevsky district of Novokuznetsk, Russia, to find only the clothes of their son Dima, 2. They discovered his remains...
A young man has been charged with murdering two adults and two children in West Virginia.
Police in Elkview discovered the bodies of a man, his wife, and their three and 12-year-old sons in their home on Cemetery Hill Drive in Elkview on Sunday morning after receiving a 911 call...
A male nurse allegedly drugged and raped 21 women he met on dating apps and filmed his shocking crimes.
The 30-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is facing 135 charges over the alleged assaults across southeast Queensland, Australia.
Police believe sedatives he used to drug his victims came from...
A 34-year-old Brazilian profession boxer, Viviane Obenauf has been arrested as a prime suspect in the bludgeoning murder of her wealthy Swiss hotelier husband.
Obenauf is accused of beating her 61-year-old husband, Thomas to death in his restaurant Des Alpes at Interlaken in Switzerland on October 19.
She was arrested last week after the...
A drug dealer tried to fake his own death during a desperate attempt to avoid going to jail.
The notorious criminal named Gabriel C – and known in Belgium as "Lange Vingers" (Long Fingers) – staged photographs of himself being "tortured" to death, with the word “thief” being carved into...
An accused drug kingpin who has been on the run since 1985 has finally been arrested.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, Howard Darwin Farley Jr., 72, was arrested this week in southeastern Marion County as he tried to board his private plane.
In a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N235.4 million traced to the account of convicted fraudster, Okeke Obinwanne known as Invictus Obi to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
This came the Chief Executive Officer of Invictus Group pleaded guilty to two...
A takeaway delivery driver in the UK has been found guilty of raping a woman he lured into his car before carrying out the horrific attack.
52-year-old Naiem Malik Suleman offered the 22-year-old woman a lift in his car after she had split up from her friends on a night...
The U.S. government has executed a man who kidnapped and raped a 16-year-old Texas girl before dousing her with gasoline and burying her alive.
Orlando Hall was convicted for his role in the 1994 horrific kidnapping, rape, and murder of the 16-year-old sister of two Texas drug dealers he suspected...
A German school teacher has been accused of cannibalism in Berlin over claims he allegedly murdered a man he met on a dating site before eating his remains.
The suspect, Stefan R, was arrested on Thursday, November 19th after fleshless human bones were found in a park before sniffer dogs...
A Columbian drug cartel accused of giving women breast implants made of liquid cocaine before sending them to Europe, has been raided by police.
According to Mail Online, the organization, called 'Los Cirujanos' ('The Surgeons'), was dismantled during two raids in the city of Cali in the Colombian department...
A boy who shot his parents and three younger siblings dead after discovering his mom was actually his stepmom has shown no remorse for his actions.
Mason Sisk, who is now 15, is allegedly completely unperturbed by the massacre he is accused of carrying out in Limestone County, Alabama, in...
A Texas schoolteacher is accused of killing her teenage son while driving him to school on Monday morning, November 9th.
39-year-old Sarah Hunt, a teacher in the Waco Independent School District, was charged with murder in the death of her 17-year-old son, Garrett Hunt, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.
Authorities say Hunt fatally shot...
A Nigerian man has been arrested in Cambodia after he was accused of paying his traffic fine with counterfeit US$100 note.
The unnamed Nigerian national was arrested by traffice police in Phnom Penh on Monday, November 9, at 10:40 am and sent to Khan Dongkor police station.
It was gathered that traffic...
A boy and girl, both 15, allegedly plotted the murder of a woman in Brooklyn, New York after explicit pictures of the girl were made public, New York police revealed on Tuesday, November 10.
The boy and girl allegedly killed 20-year-old Nyla Bond on Nov. 2 inside the victim’s father’s...
A Nurse has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempted murder of nine babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital neo-natal unit in Chester, England.
The woman, identified as nurse Lucy Letby was arrested on Tuesday November 10, after her previous arrests in 2018 and 2019 over the...
A British teacher has been jailed for more than two years after having a sexual affair with a 15-year-old pupil who considered genital mutilation to escape from her abuse.
The teacher, Fay McRobbie, was 25 when she groomed the 15-year-old student beginning in 2014, a court heard on Monday, November 9th.
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Police in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state have arrested two men who allegedly duped a doctor into buying an "Aladdin’s lamp" for $93,000 that they promised would bring wealth and good fortune.
Dr Laeek Khan reported to police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after he realised the lamp did not...
Aligarh police in Uttar Pradesh have busted an online cheating racket operating through social media platforms and arrested two Nigerian nationals and a local woman.
The Nigerians identified as John Bull and Marvellous were arrested from Delhi on Saturday, October 31, alongside a woman, Sumir, following a fraud case registered by...
An angry mob set a 64-year old man ablaze in South Africa after accusing him of being responsible for the death of his wife.
The brutal attack happened at Ngove village in the Giyani area of Limpopo on Wednesday night, October 28.
Police spokesperson Col Moatshe Ngoepe, who confirmed the incident said...
